Looking to Rent a House

My spouse and two kids (2 and 4 yrs old) will be moving to Udon for five months at the end of this month. We've been looking online for a house to rent in Udon but have had a hard time finding much of anything. We're looking for 2-3 BR, not too far from the city center. Where's the best place to look? Does anyone know of anything? Our range is around 10K/mo.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

boxcar wrote:My spouse and two kids (2 and 4 yrs old) will be moving to Udon for five months at the end of this month. We've been looking online for a house to rent in Udon but have had a hard time finding much of anything. We're looking for 2-3 BR, not too far from the city center. Where's the best place to look? Does anyone know of anything? Our range is around 10K/mo.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

Hi
Check out the classified on here or theres a number of estate agents who do rental, one that I have always found friendly and helpful is Preben at FBI check out their website FBI Udon Thani or call on 042246378 / 0872229826

I believe you can find many places.Now they might not be in center city.You might have A 5 to 10 minute car ride.

boxcar wrote:My spouse and two kids (2 and 4 yrs old) will be moving to Udon for five months at the end of this month. We've been looking online for a house to rent in Udon but have had a hard time finding much of anything.

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks!

i would suggest you check into the family room @ the lotus condotel .
hire a bike or car for a few days , and just drive around the housing estates .
there are many places up for rent , new house are available, near the airport for rent .

Thanks for the suggestions.

I looked at the FBI website and found only 2 houses that were not already rented out, but they both looked promising. Are there any other reliable real estate people/companies that you know of?

Also, we don't have a vehicle but may buy a scooter or something, so what are the advantages/disadvantages of living right in the city vs. outside the city a bit? I've never been to Udon (or anywhere in the Isaan) so it's hard to imagine.

thanks...

This one may fit the bill:

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You couldn't ask for a better landlord or nicer person than this Brit owner and his very nice wife.

That house does look great except it says minimum 1 yr lease. We will be there for only 5 months

Hi,
Boxcar I think that might be your stumbling block, only wanting to rent for five months. A landlord really wants to rent for a min. of twelve months. For a furnished place, 3 bed etc., inside the ring road in Udon 10KB a month is the bare min.. You might be lucky though.
Wish you luck though and I hope you enjoy your stay in Udon.
Cheers Doug.

Hi Boxcar,

The house suggested by polehawk is my house and I can let for 5 months, drop me an email at brandtsquires@hotmail or call me tel. 0896219687. No discount if your only taking 5 months though i'm afraid. Thanks to polehawk and the postive comments from the other posters, appreciate it.

thai_tan

Great! I will send you an email.

Hi boxcar
I'm guessing you are David? That house looks lovely and priced right, Nongsamrong is a nice area, I'd approach the guy, right now is a quiet time for renting and he could have it left empty for another 3 months, by you taking it for 5 months you'd be vacating right in the high season, so even if he doesn't know it yet, you'd actually be doing him a favour, unless it's a logistical reason why he needs 12 months? But as many have said and as I told your wife by email, get here and scout about and that way you will find what you are looking for.

Regards Glyn

Sorry Thai Tan - I didn't read your post, that'll teach me

Thank you for all your kind responses! David is going there this weekend to scope things out (btw, the username is neutral so that either one of us can post - sorry for the confusion). And if we can figure out transportation - only being there for 5 months is a problem because it's hardly worth buying a vehicle but renting for that long will probably be too expensive, plus having 2 small kids means we'd have to go Thai style and all pile on the scooter/motorbike to get to church and whatever if we don't have a car (which we won't) - if we can figure that out then living outside the city won't be as much of a problem. I really like the house (an oven!) but transportation is our biggest obstacle.

Sam Laews (sp), very cheap, can get from Nonsamrong to Udon centre for 150BHT and also serviced by the local busses (even cheaper), but will probably have to change at Tesco's. Not a prob at all getting into town from Nonsamrong, takes about 20mins. Agree with Glyn, nice place to make your base, not too far out and good facilities.